Railing



S. CROWELL.

Iron Fe'nce.

Patented June 10, 185].

UNITED STATES PATENT ornrou.

S OMMERS GROWELL, OF READING, BENNSYLVANIA.

RAQILING.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,149, dated June 10, 1851.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SoMMnRs CROW'ELL, ofReading, in the county of Berks and State of Pennsylvania, have inventeda new and Improved Mode of Constructing Cast-Iron Railing; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,in which 3 Figure l is a side elevation, Fig. 2, a transverse section oftop railing or, coping full size, Fig. 3, plan of upper railing, Fig. 4,side elevation, of upper railing, Fig. 5, transverse section of lowerrailing, Fig. 6, side elevation of; lower railing, Fig. 7, plan of lowerrailing.

Letter A, Fig. 1, represents the coping of cast iron, B the lower railof cast iron, 0, c, c, c, at top L bottomrepresents the cast ironpaling. D, the wrought iron rod, that extends the whole length of thesection of railing, with a thread cut on both ends with nuts on each endfor the purpose of fastening or drawing a section, together, E, at thetop, also a wrought iron bar half inch square for the same purpose asthe one marked D which is five eighth square.

F are the lips cast on the coping.

A, G, are the lips or bearings casted on lower rail.

B, H are also lips casted on the same rail as a steatyment for thewrought iron bar, D. I, wrought iron bars with holes at each end for thepurpose of an assistance support to the dovetails or lugs at the bottomof pailings, and for same support at the top, I, cast angle iron forthepurpose of connecting the section of railing to the posts. R ornamentson posts. M, dovetail wedge shape on lower end of paling. Fig. 2,transverse secting of upper railing. A, coping full size. E wrought ironbar. F, lips or bearings. C

barings O paling. Fig. 5 transverse section of lower railing, c paling 0e lips B railing,

H, H, lower lips, D wrought iron bar. Fig.

6, side elevation of lower railing, Cpaling G lips or bearings, M,dovetail, B, rail.,H lower lip, D Wrought iron bar. Fig. 7 plan of lowerrailingM dovetail in its proper position, reverse from the one at thetop. G,

part of paling to which the dovetail are casted. I l 7 By reversing thedovetails and casting them to the top copingand bottom rail withbearings casted at the upper and lower paling the palings cannot slidein either direction and answer the same purpose. a

What I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

,Making the dovetailed tenons either to the palingor top and bottomrails wedge shaped in the length of the railing, the taper at theopposite ends being reverse and making the grooves in the rails orpalings in the same manner that the palings, cannot slide in eitherdirection binding the whole firmly together, substantially in the mannerdescribed.

SOMMERS CROWELL. Witnesses:

PETER HooH,

DAVID MEDARY,

JAMES M. LINN.

